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Toddlers: 24 Months+
KatieandMark06
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Is your 3 year old completely potty trained?
KatieandMark06
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DD is not. She is super smart, even the pediatrician has noticed this because of her vocabulary. He has given me tips on what to do but nothing seems to work. I feel like she is purposely not wanting to give up diapers (well pull ups technically). When I ask her to go on the potty she flat out tells me no. Anybody else having similar potty training issues? I should add she has used the potty in the past so I know she knows how. I have tried making her wear wet underwear for a bit (pedi suggested this) but the one time I didn't she didn't even care and she just ended up with a diaper rash. I obviously can't continue that.
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Re: Is your 3 year old completely potty trained?
DS is and isn't PT. At DC, he is - he hardly has accidents, poos and pees on the potty, takes a nap w/o a diaper on.
But as soon as he gets home- he wants a diaper. right now we're not in a situation where he HAS to be PT'd (like for preschool, for example). So - I'm just not worried about it.
he will sometimes go on the potty at home. Just the other day, he actually stood up to pee (DC is teaching him how). So - I know he'll get there.
And if we come up on a weekend where we really don't have any reason to go out, we may have a 'diaper free weekend!' to try and encourage him to use the potty.
But I'm really not worried about it. I know he knows how - he just is choosing not to. I'm letting him make that choice for now.
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DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
Hell no! DS is incredibly smart and advanced for his age, but he is not potty trained. People will go on and on about how smart he is and then when they find out he isn't potty trained, they act like there must be something wrong with him. He knows what to do and has done it, but he cannot seem to either realize the need fast enough or is just lazy!
It's funny how the average age to be potty trained is like 2.5-3.5, but everyone who already has a potty trained child seems to have done it at 18 months. Someone is lying!
Ah....this makes me feel a little better. DS is almost 3 and tells me the same thing. He will try for us before bed, and tries at DC, but doesn't really care about going. He is very detail oriented and his vocabulary is great as well. I think he gets too busy playing or working on something that he just doesn't want to be bothered with the potty.
I will say one thing that I started just 2 days ago with him is a potty timer on my phone. I set it every hour (I will change this to every 2 hours once we get the hang of this) and when the timer goes off he just looks at me and asks "Is it time to go potty?" It is starting to sink in a little. He will willingly go to the potty and tell me to turn off the alarm until next time. The first few times he resisted a bit, but then gave up and went for me. We don't always pee/poop but at least he is starting to try.
I think soon I will try using underwear at home and use the potty timer. I just tell myself that he will one day be ready and take it one day at a time.
Why don't you take the diapers away? Not snarky - just an honest question. Do you really think she'd continue to go in her pants for weeks and weeks?
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I think DD is only potty trained b/c of peer pressure at school.
Yes she would. She is a stubborn little thing. Tried the wet underwear and it didn't bother her at all. She straight up didn't care that she was soaking wet.
My DD was potty trained and accident free. This past week she had at least 2 accidents at daycare every day. She would hold it until the very last second (legs crossed/waddling to the potty) and then dribble a little on her way. Basically she knows what to do and gets MOST of the pee in the potty but if she is really into what she is doing she doesn't want to stop and go potty. So frustrating.
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